Sayyid Qutb’s magisterial work Ma’alim fi’l-tareeq, or Milestones, captures the imagination of the true believer. He calls for a new Quranic generation like the one the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) raised up in Mecca during the Meccan period of the Quran. Qutb points out that hearers and readers of the Quran during these first...
This book is the work of noted Islamophobe and Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer. The aim of this book is to demonise Islam, however we must engage with his work in order to refute it. For the casual reader I’d encourage them to read Karen Armstrong and John Esposito, who both offer more even handed...
This 2007 book by Christopher Hitchens denigrates Islam from its very title. In it the author attempts to undermine the readers faith in God and blame most of the worlds ills on religion more generally. Hitchens was a committed atheist who has since passed away. No doubt he is suffering through the punishment of the...
Maajid Nawaz lays out his life for the reader in this autobiography. He explores his time with Hizb ut-Tahrir in the United Kingdom and then in Egypt. Nawaz went on to co-found the now defunct Quilliam think tank in London. Nawaz disavows his previous beliefs and work within Hizb ut-Tahrir attributing this to time spent...
In this notable work Wood explores the personal and ideological underpinnings of supporters of a Caliphate across five continents. Wood befriends the Australian preacher, and now former Muslim, Musa Cerantonio. He also corresponds with “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh, who was then still in prison in the United States. This book grew out of an...
Dr Shiraz Maher delves into the ideological and religious nature of the Salafi-Jihadi movement. Maher attempts to address the poorly understood intellectual ferment of global Jihadism. He is a Reader in Non-State Actors within the Department of War Studies at Kings College, London. Maher also serves as Director of the International Centre for the Study...